Shelf Life of Women?

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

It is generally accepted that once a woman hits 30, she needs to seriously consider either having children immediately or [in today's world] freezing her eggs as the ability of the body to spontaneously abort eggs with 'problems' is much less accurate.

What?!?! This is "generally accepted" by whom????

Stop scaring the young women on this board. Most of the women I know had children well into their 30s, don't go rushing to get a bun in the oven because the timer clicks to the big 3-0 if it's not where you are in your life at the moment...

[Drolefille]

I've definitely seen 40 more often as the "make a baby now or never" age. Even if fertility starts to decline before that the more genetic issues seem to jump around 40 (for guys AND girls btw. Old sperm is as bad as old eggs when it comes to things like Downs Syndrome.)

[fantASTic]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

What?!?! This is "generally accepted" by whom????

Stop scaring the young women on this board. Most of the women I know had children well into their 30s, don't go rushing to get a bun in the oven because the timer clicks to the big 3-0 if it's not where you are in your life at the moment...

Well, let's see...how many credits of biology have I taken? About 15? Okay then. Sounds good.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

Well, let's see...how many credits of biology have I taken? About 15? Okay then. Sounds good.

Isn't that like, a semester's worth of classes? Using your "logic," I should be completely fluent in Italian and an expert on Modern Architecture.

Sit down and shut up, 'cause you don't know what you're talking about.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Isn't that like, a semester's worth of classes? Using your "logic," I should be completely fluent in Italian and an expert on Modern Architecture.

Sit down and shut up, 'cause you don't know what you're talking about.

I am a theologian and a mathematician and a physicist. Awesome. I'm so over law school.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

I am a theologian and a mathematician and a physicist. Awesome. I'm so over law school.

Score, I'm a theologian too! I also speak fluent French, am a philosopher, and am a biologist/chemist, even though I changed my major halfway through school!

FantASTic... I have more than 15 credits in biology, I have at least as many in chemistry. Interestingly enough, biology doesn't deal with things like women's fertility, anatomy does. So your credits (and mine) mean jack squat.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

Well, let's see...how many credits of biology have I taken? About 15? Okay then. Sounds good.

Great, then, pull out your reference books and cite your source of the "generally accepted" statement you made.

ETA: And in particular, the research that results in the dictate that women need to have children "immediately" once they turn 30...